H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant is a historic factory located at

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in Wayne County, New York. The remaining two story commercial building is an example of a small frame structure featuring a double storefront with modest ornamentation. It was built about 1884 on the foundations of an earlier structure and is located on the bank of the original Erie Canal. It was occupied by a major producer of

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s, principally peppermint oil used in the manufacture of patent medicine.''See also:'' It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Industrial buildings completed in 1884 Buildings and structures in Wayne County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, New York 1884 establishments in New York (state) {{WayneCountyNY-NRHP-stub